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Districts will support and learn from one another as they work to implement an MTSS framework through a system approach. This session is designed to provide time for problem solving and networking. By participating in a community of practice, educators with common interests, concerns, and organizational issues will have an opportunity to build relationships which will contribute to the sustainability of implementation.

Let's share experiences and further our learning about the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS). Join educators from across northern Illinois at a networking session developed to support and enhance your utilization of KIDS. Get tips from Peggy Potthoff, our Illinois KIDS Regional Coach, on data collection, organization, and instructional goal setting.

Technology is increasingly available in classrooms. Now the question isn't "What can I use?" as much as "How can I use this in meaningful ways?" Or, more importantly, "How can it enhance and improve learning?" In this workshop, we'll dig deep into several ways that free technology can kick learning up a notch, including:
-- How to give students a voice
-- How to connect students to the world
-- How to provide feedback that students can really use
-- How to help students create with what they've learned
-- How to share their work with a bigger audience than just you
This session will be hands-on and interactive, so bring a fully-charged device and be ready to get your hands dirty! It's led by Matt Miller, a blogger, speaker and author of Ditch That Textbook who has spent more than a decade in public school classrooms.

Education includes analyzing a lot of data. Learn how to use GSuites for Education tools to collect and analyze data. Use of these tools allow you to make informed instructional decisions. This session will cover the basics of how to use Google Sheets to analyze the data, Google Forms to collect data and Flubaroo for easy grading of online quizzes.

Please bring a laptop and a quiz/assessment that you plan to use in your classroom. We will have work time to create an online quiz that you can use in your classroom the next day!

Seesaw is an online portfolio option for students. Learn how students can manage their work, their learning and their goal setting using tools where they can draw, video, take photos and make notes. Students will learn to put their "wow" work online where they can look back later to see how far they've come. Seesaw is a free tool (there are paid additional features) where students and parents can track their growth and what they are learning in the classroom.

Are you buried under piles of student formative assessments? Do you carry bags and bags of papers home to grade each night? Join us to learn how to lighten your load by utilizing digital tools to simplify formative assessment and quickly assess student learning. We will spend time looking at and trying out new tools.

Make sure to bring a digital device and your Google log-in so you can participate fully in this session!

This is one of the teacher evaluator practice academies that need to be taken for retraining of teacher evaluators.

The student growth academy is also required for both teacher and principal evaluators.

This academy will allow participants to learn effective skills and strategies for using Charlotte Danielson's Frameworks in a summative setting in order to more effectively;
1. Identify evidence at the component/element level during formal and informal observations
2. Use evidence to effectively rate staff on the levels of performance for each domain
3. Acquire strategies to support effective collaborative conferencing around formal and informal observations and
4. Learn techniques, strategies and protocols to use when conferencing with staff.

You are invited to learn how you can increase engagement, reduce lost assignments, and communicate easily with your students. Whether you have a 1:1 classroom or just a few devices, there are ways to make Google Classroom work for you! Come learn how to get started with Google Classroom. This 2 hour session will help you learn the basics and get your class set up and ready to go.

Don't forget to bring your class list and a laptop so you are prepared to fully participate in the session. Basic Google Drive knowledge is needed to benefit from this session.

Now that you have begun your technology integration journey, are you ready to take the next step and have your students become creators? Join us for this two-hour session that will explore digital creation tools to get your students involved, engaged, and creating! Podcasts, book reviews, videos, websites, and other tools will be explored.

Learn from Instructional Coaches in the region about recruiting teachers, building relationships, supporting growth in the classrooms and other strategies for success. Bring your ideas, concerns and challenges to this facilitated session.

Feel free to bring a lunch and eat during the session. KIDS will provide water and a few snacks.

Get ready for the Google Educator Level 1 Exam
Join an exciting day of preparing for the Google Certified Educator Level 1 Exam! Over the course of this one day workshop, you will learn how to master the Google "products" and "skills" specific to the Level 1 exam. Participants will walk away proficient in the following Level 1 exam skills:
- Organizational schemas & skills with Google Drive
- Collaboration and lesson building strategies with Google Docs & Slides
- Research strategies and tools with Google Docs
- Data collection and analysis with Google Sheets
- Formative Assessment and data collection with Google Forms
- Communication and collaboration with Google Groups
- Task management and organizational strategies with Gmail
- Task management and organization with Google Calendar
- Communication & collaboration with Google Hangouts
- Organization of information, communication, and collaboration with Google Sites
- Individual and shared note-taking using Google Keep
- Digital resource and learning management with Google Classroom
- Advanced Search Techniques with Google Search

Upon completion of the workshop, participants will not only greatly advance their knowledge and skill set, they will also gain valuable instructional tips and best-practices for skillful Google implementation in schools and classrooms.

**Please Note: This workshop is designed for participants who have intermediate experience with Google Apps for Education products. Completion of the workshop does not automatically guarantee that a participant will pass the Level 1 Exam.

As a follow-up to our day-long session with Matt Miller, we will be hosting a book talk on "Ditch that Homework", his book co-written with Alice Keeler. This two hour session will consist of conversations and discussions around ways to ditch nightly homework and what other valuable activities and practices that could be adopted in its place. We will be covering the entire book's content in this session, so be ready to share!

Participants will need to have purchased and read, "Ditch that Homework" by Matt Miller and Alice Keeler.

The new IL Social Studies Standards provide a pathway for students to engage in informed action to address compelling questions facing their community. Learn how to design and assess service learning projects, no field trip budget required! Walk away with free resources to support the new civics requirement and standards implementation. Explicit connections will be made to the IL Social Studies Standards, the Common Core State Standards and the Danielson Framework for Effective Teaching.

This program is funded with federal grant dollars and the McCormick Foundation.

Do you want to create your own website to communicate with students and families? Are you interested in teaching your students to create their own websites to display learning and growth? Join us for Learning and Teaching with the New Google Sites! The session will begin by viewing exemplar Google Sites. Then participants will be shown how to use the application to create their own site. A generous amount of time will be set aside for participants to create their own Google site, so make sure to bring any materials (i.e. photos, documents, links, and text) that you would like to include!

Get ready for the Google Educator Level 2 Exam
Join an exciting day of preparing for the Google Certified Educator Level 2 Exam! Over the course of this one or two day workshop, you will learn how to master the Google "products" and "skills" specific to the Level 2 exam. Participants will walk away proficient in the following Level 2 exam skills:
- Advanced organizational schemas & skills with Google Drive
- Exploration of new learning models to help personalize the learning experience, including: Blended Learning, the Flipped Classroom, and Project Based Learning
- Collaboration and HyperDoc lesson building strategies with Google Docs
- Research strategies and tools with Google Scholar
- Advanced data analysis with Google Sheets
- Advanced formative Assessment and data collection with Google Forms
- Increasing efficiency with Gmail and Calendar Labs
- Communication & collaboration with Google Hangouts and Hangouts on Air
- Organization of information, communication, and collaboration with NEW Google Sites
- Advanced Search Techniques with Google Search
- Research and exploration with Google Maps and Google Earth
- Utilizing Add-ons and Extensions to enhance student learning.

Participants will also learn how to apply the Google "product" and "skills" to the Level 2 exam themes of: professional growth and leadership, increasing efficiency and saving time in the classroom, facilitating and inspiring student learning and creativity. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will not only greatly advance their knowledge and skill set, they will also gain valuable instructional tips and best-practices for skillful Google implementation in schools and classrooms.

Join us for a fantastic workshop filled with learning and growth using the G Suite for Education products!

**Please Note: This workshop is designed for participants who have completed the Level 1 Google Educator training or exam. Completion of the workshop does not automatically guarantee that a participant will pass the Level 2 Exam.

Learn from Instructional Coaches in the region about recruiting teachers, building relationships, supporting growth in the classrooms and other strategies for success. Bring your ideas, concerns and challenges to this facilitated session.

Feel free to bring a lunch and eat during the session. KIDS will provide water and a few snacks.

The new civics course requirement demonstrates that the "how" is as important as the "what" in closing the civic empowerment gap. Bring your curricular challenges and collaborate with others in this active workshop where we will unpack the new IL Civics requirement and Social Studies standards that span disciplinary content areas to take issues to action. Explicit connections will be made to the IL Social Studies Standards, the Common Core State Standards and the Danielson Framework for Effective Teaching.

Walk away with FREE resources that can help you incorporate simulations of democratic processes, current & controversial issues and service learning into your current practice.